Phosban and reactor!!

[mujtba]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12339413#post12339413 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by seapug
the reactors are a proven method, but as always, go with whatever works for you....

i never said reactors wont work.. i just said its not necessary. keep in mind i kept asking has anyone tried another method.. NO ONE has but me... and now, media bag in fuge is another proven method...

there are many ways to skin a cat.

 

[jdieck]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12340721#post12340721 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by mujtba
i never said reactors wont work.. i just said its not necessary. keep in mind i kept asking has anyone tried another method.. NO ONE has but me... and now, media bag in fuge is another proven method...

there are many ways to skin a cat.

Media bags have been and are being used by many with the issues mentioned above. Brittle slow break up of the media and clumping.

 

[maroun.c]

Will Caulerpa eventually also die because of lack of phosphate too?

 

[jdieck]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12341564#post12341564 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by maroun.c
Will Caulerpa eventually also die because of lack of phosphate too?

Caulerpa require very little nutrients so it might be very difficult to kill it by reducing the phosphates but in any case it will be very limited to grow and proliferate. Removing Nitrates will have more of an impact on caulerpa.

 

[Patrick12]

You can run a carbon and phosban reactor from one MJ. The fluidized media chambers like you have for the phosban are better for a number of reasons. First, they make the media last longer by exhausting it fully because each granule will have full access to the water column. Second, they work better for the same reason as above. In the end, they will pay for themselves in the media costs as you will have to replace them less often. They also are less of a detritius trap than the filter media bags. They will still harbor some detritus in the filter sponges located within the chamber, but far less than the media bags. I highly recommend the fludized media chambers over the other methods for these reasons.

 

[jennmac415]

Patrick.. that is the method I am going to be using.. simply T off of the maxijet, one tube going to the carbon and one tube going to the phosban? sry.. I am old and slow, can you post a pic of this.. I am more of a "visual" learner in my old age! LOL